"Today in the US half of the entire adult population will be vaccinated," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

A White House spokesman added that, according to the plan of US President Joe Biden, by July 4, up to 70% of the adult population should receive at least one COVID-19 vaccine in the country.

Earlier it was reported that the United States by the end of June will send other countries a total of 80 million doses of vaccines against coronavirus infection.